Obama Signs Executive Order to Detain Americans With ‘Respiratory Illnesses’

As the Ebola outbreak continues to cause concern, President Barack Obama has signed an amendment to an executive order that would allow him to mandate
the apprehension and detention of Americans who merely show signs of “respiratory illness.”

The executive order, titled Revised List of Quarantinable Communicable Diseases, amends executive order 13295, passed by George W. Bush in April 2003,
which allows for the, “apprehension, detention, or conditional release of individuals to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of
suspected communicable diseases.”

and the world is being set into panic mode for Ebola... We now wake up to an under reported story on Obama signing a new order to detain Americans...
well skeptics such as myself say well let us note that Wiki shows that transmission is fluid based...
Wiki : The disease is usually acquired when a person comes into contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an infected animal such as a monkey or
fruit bat....
so, how do 700+ people die from that? and why would an executive order be signed on 'detainment of Respiratory problems'...

inquiring minds would like to know...

but let us not forget the last time this Pandemic information went around...
Unaware to many of you, during the 2009 Swine Flu pandemic was originally PLANNED to be much worse then it was, but not due to swine flu... Instead it
was going to take a drastic turn for the worst (~April 2009), with a CONTROLLED release of human-to-human airborne H5N1 bird-flu (~60% mortality rate)
which was going to be overlapped with the Swine Flu pandemic at the time. (credit to TruthNow88)
Well in steps Baxter Pharma and a sub-contractor getting his hands on the Baxter swine flu vaccine prior to human use, we would of likely seen one of
the most deadly global pandemics in recent history via Human-to-Human airborne Bird Flu as the whole lot was tainted with live bird flu. Jane
Burgermeister who was working for Baxter became a whistleblower and told the world the full story....
some may remember her video on Camelot www.youtube.com...

An official of the World Health Organization’s European operation said the body is closely monitoring the investigation into the events that took
place at Baxter International’s research facility in Orth-Donau, Austria.
“At this juncture we are confident in saying that public health and occupational risk is minimal at present,” medical officer Roberta Andraghetti
said from Copenhagen, Denmark.
“But what remains unanswered are the circumstances surrounding the incident in the Baxter facility in Orth-Donau.”

Thanks to Ms Burgermeister for saving us all last time... and to TruthNow88 for bringing back the full story..

Oh good...I had a bad case of pneumonia earlier this year, and still carry a cough. I still have to use my nebulizer from time to time too...Not only
that, but it's now considered chronic pneumonia, since I've had it 4 times in 7 years.
Would I be considered for detainment?

When I heard he signed an executive order for respiratory illness, I thought good because I thought it was meant for the people at the borders trying
to enter.

Why is this not for the people at the border and Americans and not simply just Americans? Look, if someone has a disease I do not want them spreading
it through the country, American or foreigner but what about the people with Asthma? or summer allergies? Or Copd as mentioned above? Are those people
going to be put into rooms that are populated with people who have Ebola or TB?

Yeah, and when that does happen, those of us who do have respiratory problems are almost assuredly dead.

It scares the bejezus out of me. This year's pneumonia was the worst I've ever had it. I thought I was going to die. But I kept going to school and
work, and got through it.

We don't stand a chance if put in those quarantine rooms.

I should add that I wasn't contagious. I had a bacterial infection in my lungs from a month long cold that never got better. If I was contagious, I
would not have subjected other people to that illness. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

edit on 1-8-2014 by Britster1821 because: I wanted to add
that I didn't purposefully infect others. I was not contagious.

(b) Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS), which is a disease associated
with fever and signs and symptoms of
pneumonia or other respiratory ill-
ness, is transmitted from person to
person predominantly by the aero-
solized or droplet route, and, if spread
in the population, would have severe
public health consequences.

TO:

"(b) Severe acute respiratory syndromes, which are diseases that are associated with fever and signs and symptoms of pneumonia or other respiratory
illness, are capable of being transmitted from person to person, and that either are causing, or have the potential to cause, a pandemic, or, upon
infection, are highly likely to cause mortality or serious morbidity if not properly controlled. This subsection does not apply to influenza."

Influenza is specifically exempted in the new change to the executive order.
I wonder what respiratory illness they are thinking of, or maybe they are just waiting for a new one to pop up all of a sudden?
Ahhh, I see loam covered this... just above^^^.

I can envision the signs now, if you see someone coughing call the local authorities. Those with respiratory illness are a threat to public safety and
need to be quarantined!

This is an interesting development. I really do not know what to make of it. Obviously there is some concern with Ebola, but to quarantine those with
'respiratory illness' seems a bit far reaching. Respiratory illness is a quite common ailment.

I did hear something about a TB outbreak with the homeless in Gainesville, FL that resulted in many being quarantined. This EO is more likely to cover
a TB outbreak than Ebola.

I say to everyone... do not leave your house unless you need to. Maybe we should take a cue from the Chinese and start wearing those facemasks I often
see them wearing.

I went out the other day and bought some basic face masks and gloves from the pharmacy because this whole Ebola thing has me a bit scared as well as
the rampant tb being brought in, and I just watched The Stand again so I was paranoia overload. The cashier says to me, "everyone is buying these is
there a sickness going around". I laughed and said "Ebola is coming don't ya know" and sure enough I turn on my news and see that not only is it
in the US but it was brought in on purpose, wtf?

Since they say Ebola is not respiratory and they apparently could care less about TB, just what in the hell are they afraid of?

originally posted by: Britster1821
Oh good...I had a bad case of pneumonia earlier this year, and still carry a cough. I still have to use my nebulizer from time to time too...Not only
that, but it's now considered chronic pneumonia, since I've had it 4 times in 7 years.
Would I be considered for detainment?

Plus the fact you're a member of ATS, yes, maybe you should worry about that executive order ammendment.

"I wouldn't go anywhere in confined places now. … When one person sneezes it goes all the way through the aircraft. That's me. I would
not be, at this point, if they had another way of transportation, suggesting they ride the subway." --Joe Biden, providing handy tips to protect
against the swine flu and freaking us out, "Today Show" interview, April 30, 2009

originally posted by: intrepid
I could be wrong but ebola can be spread through the respiratory system, while not being a respiratory illness.

Person-to-person transmission occurs via close personal contact with an infected individual or their body fluids during the late stages of infection
or after death...

...

SURVIVAL OUTSIDE HOST: The virus can survive in liquid or dried material for a number of days (23). Infectivity is found to be stable at room
temperature or at 4°C for several days, and indefinitely stable at -70°C (6, 20). Infectivity can be preserved by lyophilisation.

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